Christ as Salvator Mundi, 1404 – 1407

Title

Christ as Salvator Mundi

Painter

• Gherardo Starnina

Altar

Salvator Mundi, The Angel of the Annunciation and the Virgin Annunciate

Part Number / Total

1 / 3

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on poplar

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet auf dem Globus: AFRICA UROPA / ASIA

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Central panel acquired in 1890.

Genre

• altarpiece
• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration

Main Motif

• Salvator mundi
• Jesus Christ
• man

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Lorenzo Monaco
• Master of the Bambino Vispo
• God the Father

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Offenbarung 1,8

Primary

• 11D324 'Salvator Mundi', making a blessing gesture; an orb in his hand or at his feet

Secondary

• 22C3111 cross-nimbus
• 41D212 coat, cape
• 41D2653 border, ribbon, braid
• 25A13 globe

Associative

• 25A21 (map of) Europe
• 25A22 (map of) Asia
• 25A24 (map of) Africa
• 11C211 God the Father enthroned, usually with sceptre and/or globe